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Route No 119 - Tuesday 22 December 2004
Rudland Rigg, Farndale, Low Mill circuit - 13km
North York Moors . . .
Map: OS Explorer OL26 North York Moors Western area at 1:25000
Ordnance Survey route
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Setting out along Rudland Rigg
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My
neighbour, Jim, and I drove up to Rudland Rigg this morning.
The reason for coming back to this area was quite simple.
We planned to get a bag full of organic vegetables for
the Christmas dinner from the farm shop on the village
green in Fadmoor. We did some hedgelaying for the farmer,
Howard
Wass, last winter and we were very impressed with
the quality of his produce. After finishing our shopping
we parked at map ref. SE 659926 where the track over Rudland
Rigg leaves the modern tarmac road. The weather was quite
cloudy but there were some breaks in the cloud and overall
it was a good day for a walk.
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| We followed the track along Rudland Rigg roughly northwards for over
4km to map ref SE 644969 where we turned right on to a bridleway heading
down West Gill for about 3km to Low Mill. As we descended West Gill the
scenery was stunning with dark clouds and the shafts of sunlight breaking
through onto the valley floor. We stopped for a break and a drink in a
grouse shooting butt beside the path before we had descended too far to
see the view down Farndale. From Low Mill we followed the road up the
hill to map ref. SE 669948. Here we took the path that initially crosses
the back garden of a cottage before crossing a lane and climbing up to
some woods. At the top of the woods the path turns left to climb diagonally
up a steep rocky slope passing a disused quarry near the top and then
breaking out onto the open moor. The path joins a track at map ref. SE
669935 where there are three larch trees on the fence line providing an
excellent land mark. We followed the track to rejoin the track on Rudland
Rigg at map ref. SE 657934 and turned left to walk the final 600m back
to the car. The whole route had been about 13km and had taken us almost
4 hours to walk including our lunch stop. We had a final drink back at
the car before returning home with our organic vegetables for Christmas.
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Three larch trees on the fence line
providing an excellent land mark
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The path down West Gill
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The path down West Gill
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Fallen tree where the path crosses West Gill Beck
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Rabbit hole with fresh excavation
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Looking
back up West Gill
from the path at map ref. SE 667944
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Ruined barn in West Gill
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Leaving the cottage garden at map ref SE 668947
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Seasonal holly by the road near Low Mill
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Disused quarry at map ref. SE667942
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View down Farndale
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